Acanthaceae
This list of genera was made in February 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Darbyshire et al. 2022, Manzitto-Tripp et al. 2022 and Meeuse & de Wet (1961). This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthopale C.B.Clarke | ||
| Acanthopsis Harv. | ||
| Acanthus L. | ||
| Aechmanthera Nees | Strobilanthes Blume | |
| Afromendoncia Gilg ex Lindau | Mendoncia Vell. ex Vand. | |
| Andrographis Wall. ex Nees | ||
| Angkalanthus Balf.f. | ||
| Anisacanthus Nees | ||
| Anisosepalum E.Hossain (prev. under Staurogyne Wall.) | ||
| Anisostachya Nees | ||
| Anisotes Nees | Chlamydostachya Mildbr. | |
| Anomacanthus R.D.Good | Gilletiella De Wild. & T.Durand | |
| Anthacanthus Nees | Oplonia Raf. | |
| Aphelandra R.Br. | Geissomeria Lindl. | |
| Ascotheca Heine | ||
| Asteracantha Nees | Hygrophila R.Br. | |
| Asystasia Blume | Asystasiella Lindau | |
| Avicennia L. | ||
| Asystasiella Lindau | Asystasia Blume | |
| Aulojusticia Lindau | Justicia L. | |
| Ballochia Balf.f. | ||
| Barleria L. | ||
| Barleriola Oerst. | ||
| Beloperone Nees | Justicia L. | |
| Blechum P.Browne | Ruellia L. | |
| Blepharis Juss. | Trichacanthus Zoll. & Moritzi | |
| Borneacanthus Bremek. | ||
| Boutonia DC. | ||
| Brachystephanus Nees | Oreacanthus Benth | |
| Bravaisia DC. | ||
| Brillantaisia P.Beauv. | ||
| Brunoniella Bremek. (prev. under Ruellia L. | ||
| Buceragenia Greenm. | Pseuderanthemum Radlk. | |
| Calacanthus T.Anderson ex Benth. | ||
| Calycacanthus K.Schum. | ||
| Carlowrightia A.Gray | ||
| Chaetacanthus Nees | Dyschoriste Nees in Wall. | |
| Chaetochlamys Lindau | Justicia L. | |
| Chaetothylax Nees | Justicia L. | |
| Chamaeranthemum Nees | ||
| Champluviera I.Darbysh., T.F.Daniel & Kiel (prev. under Schaueria Nees) | ||
| Chileranthemum Oerst. (prev. under Jacobinia Moric. | ||
| Chlamydacanthus Lindau | ||
| Chlamydocardia Lindau | ||
| Chlamydostachya Mildbr. | Anisotes Nees | |
| Chorisochora Vollesen (prev. under Angkalanthus Balf.f.) | ||
| Chroesthes Benoist (prev. under Asystasia Blume) | ||
| Clinacanthus Nees | ||
| Clistax Mart. | ||
| Codonacanthus Nees | ||
| Corymbostachys Lindau | Anisostachya Nees | |
| Crabbea Harv. | ||
| Crossandra Salisb. | ||
| Cryptophragmium Nees | Gymnostachyum Nees | |
| Cynarospermum Vollesen (prev. under Blepharis Juss.) | ||
| Cystacanthus T.Anderson | Phlogacanthus Nees | |
| Dianthera L. | Justicia L. | |
| Dicliptera Juss. | Peristrophe Nees | |
| Dinteracanthus (prev. under Ruellia L.) | ||
| Drejerella Lindau | Justicia L. | |
| Dischistocalyx T.Anderson ex Benth. | ||
| Duosperma Dayton | ||
| Duvernoia E.Mey. ex Nees | Justicia L. | |
| Dyschoriste Nees | Chaetacanthus Nees | |
| Ecbolium Kurz | ||
| Echinacanthus Nees | ||
| Elytraria Michx. | ||
| Epiclastopelma Lindau | Mimulopsis Schweinf. | |
| Eranthemum L. | ||
| Eremomastax Lindau | ||
| Fittonia Coem. | ||
| Gatesia A.Gray | Yeatesia Small | |
| Geissomeria Lindl. | Aphelandra R.Br. | |
| Gilletiella De Wild. & T.Durand | Anomacanthus R.D.Good | |
| Glossochilus Nees | ||
| Graptophyllum Nees | ||
| Gymnostachyum Nees (prev. under Cryptophragmium Nees) | ||
| Habracanthus Nees | Stenostephanus Nees | |
| Hansteinia Oerst. | Stenostephanus Nees | |
| Haplanthodes Kuntze (prev. under Haplanthus Nees) | ||
| Haplanthus Nees | ||
| Harpochilus Nees | ||
| Hemigraphis Nees | Strobilanthes Blume | |
| Henrya Benth. (prev. under Tetramerium Nees) | ||
| Herpetacanthus Nees | ||
| Hulemacanthus S.Moore | ||
| Hygrophila R.Br. | Asteracantha Nees, Nomaphila Blume, Synnema Benth | |
| Hypoestes Sol. ex R.Br. | ||
| Isoglossa Oerst. | Schliebenia Mildbr. | |
| Jacobinia Nees ex Moric. | Justicia L. | |
| Justicia L. | Aulojusticia Lindau, Beloperone Nees, Chaetochlamys Lindau, Chaetothylax Nees, Dianthera L., Duvernoia E.Mey. ex Nees, Jacobinia Nees ex Moric., Nicoteba Lindau, Porphyrocoma Scheidw. ex Hook., Rhacodiscus Lindau, Rhaphidospora Nees, Rostellularia Rchb., Siphonoglossa Oerst., Thamnojusticia Mildbr. | |
| Kalbreyeriella Lindau | Stenostephanus Nees | |
| Kolobochilus Lindau | Stenostephanus Nees | |
| Kosmosiphon Lindau | ||
| Lankesteria Lindl. | ||
| Lepidagathis Willd. | Lophostachys Pohl | |
| Leptosiphonium F.Muell. (prev. under Ruellia L.) | ||
| Linariantha B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. | ||
| Lophostachys Pohl | Lepidagathis Willd. | |
| Louteridium S.Watson | ||
| Mackaya Harv. | ||
| Macrorungia C.B.Clarke | Metarungia Baden | |
| Megalochlamys Lindau | ||
| Megaskepasma Lindau | ||
| Meiosperma Raf. | Monechma Hochst. | |
| Mellera S.Moore | ||
| Mendoncia Vell. ex Vand. | Afromendoncia Gilg ex Lindau, Monachochlamys Baker | |
| Metarungia Baden | Macrorungia C.B.Clarke | |
| Meyenia Nees | ||
| Mimulopsis Schweinf. | Epiclastopelma Lindau | |
| Mirandea Rzed. (prev. under Justicia L.) | ||
| Monachochlamys Baker | Mendoncia Vell. ex Vand. | |
| Monechma Hochst. | Meiosperma Raf. | |
| Monothecium Hochst. | ||
| Nelsonia R.Br. | ||
| Neriacanthus Benth. | ||
| Neuracanthus Nees | ||
| Nicoteba Lindau | Justicia L. | |
| Nomaphila Blume | Hygrophila R.Br. | |
| Odontonema Nees | ||
| Oplonia Raf. (prev. under Anthacanthus Nees, Eranthemum L.) | Anthacanthus Nees | |
| Oreacanthus Benth. | Brachystephanus Nees | |
| Pachystachys Nees | ||
| Pararuellia Bremek. & Nann.-Bremek. (prev. under Ruellia L.) | ||
| Peristrophe Nees | Dicliptera Juss. | |
| Petalidium Nees | ||
| Phaulopsis Willd. | ||
| Phlogacanthus Nees | Cystacanthus T.Anderson | |
| Pogonospermum Hochst. (prev. under Adhatoda Mill., Justicia L., Monechma Hochst.) | Schwabea Endl. | |
| Poikilacanthus Lindau | ||
| Porphyrocoma Scheidw. ex Hook. | Justicia L. | |
| Pseuderanthemum Radlk. | Buceragenia Greenm. | |
| Pseudoblepharis Baill. | Sclerochiton Harv. | |
| Pseudocalyx Radlk. | ||
| Psilanthele Lindau | ||
| Pteracanthus (Nees) Bremek. | Strobilanthes Blume | |
| Ptyssiglottis T.Anderson | ||
| Razisea Oerst. | Stenostephanus Nees | |
| Rhacodiscus Lindau | Justicia L. | |
| Rhaphidospora Nees | Justicia L. | |
| Rhinacanthus Nees | ||
| Rostellularia Rchb. | Justicia L. | |
| Ruellia L. | Blechum P. Brown, Spirostigma Nees | |
| Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke | ||
| Rungia Nees | ||
| Ruspolia Lindau | ||
| ×Ruttyruspolia | ||
| Ruttya Harv. | ||
| Salpixantha Hook. | ||
| Sanchezia Ruiz & Pav. | ||
| Satanocrater Schweinf. | ||
| Schaueria Nees | ||
| Schliebenia Mildbr. | Isoglossa Oerst. | |
| Schwabea Endl. | Pogonospermum Hochst. | |
| Sclerochiton Harv. | Pseudoblepharis Baill | |
| Sericocalyx Bremek. | Strobilanthes Blume | |
| Siphonoglossa Oerst. | Justicia L. | |
| Spathacanthus Baill. | ||
| Sphinctacanthus Benth. | ||
| Spirostigma Nees | Ruellia L. | |
| Staurogyne Wall. | ||
| Stenandriopsis S.Moore | ||
| Stenandrium Nees | ||
| Stenosiphonium Nees | Strobilanthes Blume | |
| Stenostephanus Nees | Habracanthus Nees, Hansteinia Oerst., Kalbreyeriella Lindau, Kolobochilus Lindau, Razisea Oerst. | |
| Streblacanthus Kuntze | ||
| Streptosiphon Mildbr. | ||
| Strobilanthes Blume | Aechmanthera, Hemigraphis, Pteracanthus, Sericocalyx, Stenosiphonium | |
| Strobilanthopsis S.Moore | ||
| Stylarthropus Baill. = Whitfieldia | Whitfieldia Hook. | |
| Suessenguthia Merxm. | ||
| Synnema Benth. | Hygrophila R.Br. | |
| Tetramerium Nees | ||
| Thamnojusticia Mildbr. | Justicia L. | |
| Thunbergia Retz. | ||
| Thyrsacanthus Moric. (prev. under Anisacanthus Nees, Carlowrightia A.Gray) | ||
| Trichacanthus Zoll. & Moritzi | Blepharis Juss. | |
| Trichanthera Kunth | ||
| Trichocalyx Balf.f. | ||
| Whitfieldia Hook. | Stylarthropus Baill. | |
| Yeatesia Small | Gatesia A.Gray |
References
- Darbyshire, I., Kiel, C.A., Chase, F.M., Manzitto-Tripp, E.A. (2022). The demise of Monechma: new combinations and a new classification in the resurrected genera Meiosperma and Pogonospermum (Acanthaceae). Kew Bulletin 77, 249–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10003-w
- Manzitto-Tripp, E.A., Darbyshire, I., Daniel, T.F., Kiel, C.A. and McDade, L.A. (2022). Revised classification of Acanthaceae and worldwide dichotomous keys. TAXON 71, 103-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12600
- Meeuse, A.D.J. & de Wet, J.M.J. (1961). × Ruttyruspolia, a natural intergeneric hybrid in Acanthaceae. Bothalia 7, 440.
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
Foto: Thunbergia Retz. © Suvrat Kotagal